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The Thinker (French: Le Penseur), by Auguste Rodin, is a bronze sculpture depicting a nude male figure of heroic size, seated on a large rock, leaning forward, right elbow placed upon the left thigh, back of the right hand supporting the chin in a posture evocative of deep thought and contemplation.
Philadelphia Museum of Art More images: The Hand of God [57] 1897 to 1898 Marble Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City 73.7 x 60.3 x 64.1 More images: The Evil Spirits [58] 1899 Marble National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. 71.2 x 75.7 x 59 More images: Man and his Thought [59] 1896 to 1900 Marble National Gallery (Berlin) 77 x 46 More images
The recent finding of the "thinking" man seems to argue for the existence of a developed ideology of some type in this period, while it is impossible not to refer us to similar timeless types, such as the Karditsa Thinker of the Neolithic era, Thinker from Yehud of the Middle Bronze Age II, [10] or even to the Pensive Christ in modern times. [11]
This list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items. (February 2011) The Thinker in front of the Rodin Museum in Philadelphia This is a list of The Thinker sculptures made by Auguste Rodin. The Thinker, originally a part of Rodin's The Gates of Hell, exists in several versions. The original size and the later monumental size versions were both created by Rodin, and the most valuable ...
More images: Young Woman with Eyes Closed [4] 1885 Bronze 37 x 35 x 20 La Piscine Museum, Roubaix More images: Image online [4] Study for a Burgher of Calais: 1885 Bronze 15 x 10 x 13 Image online [4] Man with Arms Crossed: 1885 Bronze 10 x 9.5 x 8 Image online [4] Slave's Head: 1885 Bronze 13 x 8.5 x 11.5 Image online [6] The Hand: 1885 Bronze ...
This is a partial list of 20th-century women artists, sorted alphabetically by decade of birth.These artists are known for creating artworks that are primarily visual in nature, in traditional media such as painting, sculpture, photography, printmaking, ceramics as well as in more recently developed genres, such as installation art, performance art, conceptual art, digital art and video art.
Popoola has carved a niche for himself by transforming scrap metal into colorful sculptures of animals and people, which tackle issues including waste management and the importance of recycling ...
The Karditsa Thinker, or the Thinker of Karditsa (Greek: στοχαστής της Καρδίτσας), is a Neolithic clay figurine found in the area of Karditsa in Thessaly, Greece. This artifact, dating back to the Final Neolithic period (4500-3300 B.C.), is a solid clay figurine of a seated man. It conveys the impression of a man looking ...